Environmental Science
8 years ago

Poplar plantation study reveals low water usage for sustainable energy production.

GCB Bioenergy
Water use of a multigenotype poplar short‐rotation coppice from tree to stand scale
Jasper Bloemen, Régis Fichot, Joanna A. Horemans, Laura S. Broeckx, Melanie S. Verlinden, Terenzio Zenone, R. Ceulemans

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